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The World Drum

The morning had arrived, The World Drum was at our place “Akasha Keep”, Lynn handed me the drum in its protective case. Upon opening the case I could immediately feel the energy from the drum. Before taking out her out of the case, I unpacked the cloth which the drum sits on when not in use. This in itself had great energy and was beautiful in its simple design. As I held the drum for the first time I could feel lots of positive energy from all who had held it before us. It was a privilege and an honour to hold the drum and have her at our centre and home.

As I handed the drum to Ron, you could sense that he was already picking up on her energies by the way he handled her with great respect and an appearance of wonder. “This is indeed a powerful drum,” he said.

It was time to start our first drumming circle. As always, we started the proceedings by smudging everyone with white sage to ‘wash off’ all our negative energies and to help put us in the right place to get the most from the event. As each person was smudged they went into the healing circle. We began with Lynn explaining all about the drum, its purpose and the journey so far. This was followed by some chanting which raised our energy. It was now time to sit quietly in meditation, after which we gave and received drum healings. Time had come to close this circle and have some food and drink to help keep us grounded. Some stayed on, as they did not want to part company with The Drum.

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The World Drum Project is all about uniting the world in a call to save our environments and ultimately to save ourselves. Founded in a shamanic view of life, the aim is to bring attention to the critical situation for Mother Earth – The web of life is coming undone and will bring catastrophic consequences.

Starting from Whitecougar’s vision and participation between several people, The World Drum has been created by Birger Mikkelsen, the Sami medicine man and drum maker, and sent on a spiritual journey to participate in worldwide ceremonies. And two of these will be held at Akasha Keep, Lowood, Qld on the 12^th November: One at 2pm and another at 7pm.

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Read  Part One here and Part Two here.

Designs, rituals and stories to model off and provide inspiration

One friend’s story: Having determined that a part of his life wasn’t working right, especially in relationships, he determined to undertake the process.

He sat down in a quiet part of his yard and prayed for guidance and gave thanks in advance for whatever the outcome. He continued to sit in meditation and a vision came to him of a circle he was to prepare.

He was drawn to a local park were he gathered pine cones, and from his backyard, four house bricks were collected. Then he went to his shed and pulled out a tarp and an old abalone shell that had belonged to his grandfather. (more…)

Building and Conducting one of your own.

We talk of building or constructing a healing circle or wheel, when in truth this is more an act of creation. In this act we will be drawing upon the best of ourselves physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually; especially spiritually!

As mentioned in part one – The objective to building a medicine wheel or healing circle is to provide a space which allows us to transcend our normal self and to gain access to our higher self or beyond, in order to facilitate healing and greater self understanding and knowledge.

The success or otherwise or your healing circle will depend in no small measure upon these key elements. 1) Your intention. 2) Respect and Understanding. 3) Rules for conducting your circle. 4) Rituals. 5) The materials used. 6) Your expectations.

You will also need to consider whether you are going to build a temporary or permanent circle, as this will determine its location, its size and also the materials used.

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Part 1

Healing circles or medicine wheels are conducted all around the world, some in an informal fashion and others with a great deal of formality and ritual and observance of long standing tradition.  The common objective though is to provide a space which allows us to transcend our normal self and to gain access to our higher self or beyond and to facilitate healing and greater self understanding and knowledge.

"Akasha Keep" Healing Circle

Some are constructed on a purely temporary basis, to be used for the one session and then dismantled, while others are built as permanent sites to be used over and over as and when required. Some of these are located on natural energy vortexes and so have the added benefit of high natural energy emanating from Mother Earth. (This however is not a requirement).

The more these permanent ones are used the greater the energy builds and this is often felt by visitors as they enter its domain. In all events this is part of the objective, to so raise the vibrational frequency to allow for ascension into healing and understanding. This heightened energy also facilitates psychic communication allowing easier contact with guides, angels and the ancestors, who are only too willing to pass down wisdom and energy to be used for our greater good. (more…)